Winterfest 2009
Corks & Canvas event raises $3,500 for Andre Bosse centers
BY PATTI KLEVORN
AND MELISSA MCGUIRE
OF THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Downtown Pentwater was bustling Saturday as wine tasters visited one art gallery after another as part of the Corks & Canvas fundraiser for the Andre Bosse Center. The event was part of a two-weekend-long Winterfest in Oceana County.
Two hundred people took part in the tour and helped the child advocacy organization bring in $3,500 to help operate its Hart and Ludington offices.
LUDINGTON CENTER REOPENS
Ludington's Andre Bosse Kids House opened at 8 this morning after being closed since late last year. Director Bill Burd said today the center will be contacting agencies it works with, such as the Department of Human Services.
"We are now available if anyone wants to stop in," Burd said. "I am glad to have it open again. I felt bad closing it."
Burd, formerly president of the board, is now volunteering as the director. The child advocacy center, which offers supervised visitation, does forensic interviews of children and helps in any way it can to stop child abuse and neglect, went through a financial hardship at the end of the year and closed. The agency's Hart center reopened in January. Burd said the Pentwater wine tasting fundraiser went well, as did a dance held by the Shelby Optimist Club. The events brought in some needed funding for the centers.
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Robin Wells of etc. ... Salon and Day Spa rubs Allison Clarke's foot while giving her a pedicure Saturday during the spa-a-thon at etc. ... Salon and Day Spa during the third annual Winterfest. Proceeds from the spa-a-thon went to C.O.V.E. - Communities Overcoming Violent Encounters.
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Rebecca VanNortwick
works on Falon Mon-
roe's hair Saturday at
etc. ... Salon and Day
Spa. The salon was
hosting a Spa-a-thon
with proceeds going
to C.O.V.E. |
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Other events Saturday included the spa-a-thon at etc. Salon and Day Spa to benefit t the area's women's shelter - C.O.V.E., a
Vegas Night in Hart, a perch derby and more.
The first weekend was good for charities and good for business. "We sold more tickets than in previous years," said Jim Durand, owner of Durand Wine Co., who helped organize the wine tasting fundraiser. "The other businesses that were open were busy ... I had a great day, too." It was a great event for a great cause, he said.
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C.O.V.E. Director Marie Waite of Ludington has her nails done by nail technician
Robin Wells at the etc. ... Salon and Day Spa Spa-a-thon benefiting the Com-
munities Overcoming Violent Encounters women's shelter of Mason, Lake, and
Oceana counties. |
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C.O.V.E. volunteer Lynne Cavazos fills the glass of beer tasting participant Lee Rodney, of Scottville, Saturday afternoon at The Village Pub during the third annual beer tasting event benefiting C.O.V.E., Communities Overcoming Violent Encounters. Beer tasting also took place at the Antler Bar, the Brown Bear, the Boathouse Bar & Grill, and Gull Landing. |
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